Wewalwala Surname
Approximately 444 people bear this surname
Wewalwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Wewalwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wewalwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wewalwala occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wewalwala? popularity and diffusion
Wewalwala is the 672,867th most frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 16,413,392 people. Wewalwala occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Wewalwala are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
This last name is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Barring Sri Lanka it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 0 percent are found and Italy, where 0 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wewalwala
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